MAP muscular unti

Question 1

Where is smooth muscles

Answer 1

Lining contracting organs (involuntary)

Question 2

Where is skeletal muscle

Answer 2

Attached to bones (voluntary)

Question 3

Where is cardiac muscle

Answer 3

heart (involuntary)

Question 4

Contractibility

Answer 4

Ability to shorten and produce force

Question 5

Extensibility

Answer 5

Ability to elongate

Question 6

Elasticity

Answer 6

Ability to return to resting length

Question 7

Excitability

Answer 7

Ability to respond to stimuli

Question 8

3 elements necessary for muscular contraction

Answer 8

Potassium, sodium, and calcium

Question 9

Does myosin move or stay

Answer 9

Moves actin

Question 10

Does actin move or stay

Answer 10

Myosin moves actin

Question 11

What is origin

Answer 11

Stays

Question 12

What is insertion

Answer 12

moves

Question 13

What does the prime mover do

Answer 13

Majority of force when movement is executed

Question 14

What does the antagonist do

Answer 14

Muscle that performs the opposite movement of the prime mover

Question 15

Synergist

Answer 15

Muscle that assists the prime mover by providing additional force

Question 16

Fixator

Answer 16

Muscle that functions to stabilize a joint or body position

Question 17

What disorder is widespread musculoskeletal pain

Answer 17

Fibromyalgia

Question 18

What disorder is a group of diseases that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.

Answer 18

Muscular dystrophy

Question 19

What disorder is cause by overuse or repetitive stress injury of the shin area

Answer 19

Medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints)

Question 20

What disorder is damage to the muscle fibers that attach the muscle to the bone

Answer 20

Strain